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A sort of positive flipside to the topic about albums that have lost their strength as the year has progressed, anything in your top albums of 2012 that started out as something that didn't really feel all that special but now proudly stand among the year's best because something along the line clicked?

Topic partially inspired by Lambchop's Mr M, an album that sounded like elevator music for most parts when I first heard it but which I now find very good indeed and part of my personal top 10 of 2012. There was one particular week where it was largely the only thing I listened to over and over again, completely charmed by its lush feel.

while not top 5 material, has grown on me a lot. I was really underwhelmed when it came out, but I kind of left it for a few weeks and threw it on when it started to become REALLY fucking freezing and it works for me now. Not their best but nowhere near as boring as I first thought